Sanitary drinking-fountain.



A. R. ROETHLISBBRGBR.

SANITARY DRINKING FOUNTAIN. APPLICATION FILED .T UNE 26, 1912.

Patened Nv. 25, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Now-25, l1913.

I Application filed .Tune 26, 1912. .Seria1`No. 705,348.

Be it known that I, ALBERTR. ROETHLIS- BERGER, citizen of the -UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary.Drinking-Fountains, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to drinking fountains and has for its principalobject to provide an improved sanitary drinking fountain which can beattached to any ordinary faucet, for the purpose of permitting the fuseof the fountain without interfering with the ordinary use of the faucet.The water may be drawn from the faucet without removing the fountaintherefrom. The waste pipe from the fountain is so arranged that it willdischarge waste water into the bowl or other ordinary vessell into which'the faucet discharges. l

` A further object of the invention is to improve a drinking fountain invarious other respects as will more fully appear from the followingdescription and the drawings.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional- I view of a fountainattached lto an ordinary faucet. F ig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring specifically to 'the drawings, 25 indicates an ordinaryfaucet.,

20 is av tubular valve casing the upper end of which isr enlarged to itover the nozzle of the faucet, with a packing 10 be tween. The packingmay be made to fit tight enough 4to hold the casing in position on thefaucet without further devices, but

if necessarya clamp may be used around the yjoint.

v21 is a screen in the upperA part of thev valve casing, and 21a isanother screen at the :bottom thereof. 24 is a ring or support whichfits around the body of the valve casingand is sup,- ported thereon bymeans of a packing ring 10a screwed on the lower end of the casin'ZO.-

19 is a cylindrical shield exten ing around the valve body', andfastenedvto the ring 24 by `a screw 19?.

'22 isa butterfly valve 'fastened to a pivot rod 23, by a screw 22, therod extending through the easing 20, under the ring 24 and the sleeve19, at one end, which end is bent up to form a handle or crank '2,3a Abymeans of which the valve may be turned,

said crank being struck `byeith-er of the projections 30 or 3 1 on thering 24 when said ring is turned ,by swinging the fountain, to throw'the. valve to either open or closed positiornand when thrown to closedposition thev crank 23a springs into the notch 30 and prevents anyv backmovement incident to water pressure. When the valveis open water willflow -directly from the faucet through the casingf20. The ring 24 isturned on thefcasing when the fountain is swung to-either operative orinoimrative position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively.

12 a pipe which is mounted -on and extends through the. ring 24 and isadapted to register atmits lower end with a port 32 locatedin the casing20 above the valve 22. This pipe 12 leads to a bubbling cup or fountain,being screwed into a central pas- Sage in the bowl 1. A mouthpiece 6 ofchina or similar material, is fitted on the nipple 1a in the bottom ofthe bowl', with a packing 40; therebetween; Within lthe mouth piece 6 isa spreader 7 comprising a head projecting from a stem on a spider plate8 y.confinedbetween the mouth pieceand thejnipple. A screen 9 is held inplace under' the spider. A waste pipe 13 com- .municates with an outlet41 in the bottom of the bowl, land said waste pipe extends at its 'lowerend through the shell 19 to discharge within said shell.` The bowi andmouth piece are supported hyy the pipe 12 and may. be swung around outof the way when not in use,the collar 24 turn' g on the valve casing topermit this movement. When the faucet is turned on and the.

valve 22 isvclosedas shown in Fig. 1 water will .flow throughl the pipe'12 and will bubble up' through'the mouth piece and over the rim thereofinto' the bowl l Vfrom which the waste escapes through vthe pipe 13.When in this position for use, the fountain will be swung around to thefront to register the l port ,32 and the ipe 12. By swinging thefountain back, thus opening the valve 22' the iowfrom the faucet willpass directly through the valve casing and the water in the pipe 12 willdrain out through the valve casing, thus avoiding stale water in 4thefountain.

I claim.:

1. A 'drinking fountain attachment for a i faucet, ya, valve Iin saidcasing, a pipe openlng at its inner' end into the valve casing betweenthe said nozzleJ and valve, a. mouthpiece at the outerV end of the pipe,said .valve permitting .iiow from the faucet either directly through.the casing or indiree'tly'into vsaid pipe, a rotary. collar on thecasing, to which collar, the pipe is connected to permit the pipe andmouthpiece to be swung around.

certain position, and a mouthpiece/at the M outer end of said pipe,- anda valve in the to the nozzle of tlie faucet, said casing hav-A casing,beyond said port and adapted to control the outlet-'of said directpassage.

3. A; drinking fountain attachmcnt for a faucet comprising a valvecasing attachable to the nozzle -of the faucet, a Valve in said casingcontrollin How through .the same and having a pro3eeting crank arm, acollar rotatable on the casing, and a delivery pipe mounted on thecollar and arranged to swing therewith, said pipe and casmg havingopenings which register when the 'pipe is swung to acertainiposition,and the collar having projections arranged to strike the crank arm andoperate the valve.

1n testimony whereof, I do aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ALBERT R'JROETHLISBERGER.

lVitnesses JOHN A. Boluurxnm, STEDMAN J. RociiwnLL.

